Senior Consultant
Aviation MRO Supply Chain
Permanent or Freelance · Location Europe
You have spent a decade or more inside airline and/or MRO Supply Chain, Inventory, Purchasing, Repair Cycle Management. You know what works, what doesn't, and exactly why the documented process and the reality diverged years ago.
You are at the point where you want to fix those problems for a living — not as one project inside one operation, but across multiple carriers and MRO providers. You want to translate what you know into something operators can actually use, and you want client rooms where the conversation goes deeper than slideware.
That's the role.
What you would actually do
Identify issues in client technical operations related to supply chain and maintenance, including inventory, purchasing, planning, and engineering support. Map the AS-IS reality, not what is in the process manual. Find root causes, and distinguish design failures from execution gaps from system constraints. Design TO-BE processes that work for the night-shift stores supervisor, not just the steering committee. Document to governance and audit standard. Train the operators who will run the new process. Present findings to C-level audiences and hold your ground on the questions.
You own engagements end-to-end. No analyst pool below you to do the work. No PMO above you to translate it. Execution is the product.
What you bring
* 8+ years in airline tech ops, MRO provider, or rotables / inventory specialist with solid track record in supply chain, experience in maintenance planning or engineering is a plus
* Operational ownership at supervisor level or above in Inventory, Purchasing, Material Planning, or Repair Cycle Management
* Hands-on with at least one MRO ERP: AMOS (preferred) TRAX, Ramco, Quantum, OASES also relevant
* A real process redesign track record. Something you led, with a metric you can name and a reason it moved
* Comfort presenting to senior client audiences. Structured writer. Tells the truth in the room.
* Working knowledge of regulatory requirements (stores, parts traceability, etc) and familiar with the associated process landscape (repair cycle, scrap, warehousing, purchasing)
* Business-fluent English. Spanish or an additional European language a plus, not a filter.
About F&P
We are a Swiss boutique consulting firm specialising in global aviation. Our expertise extends to collaborating with airlines, lessors, and MRO providers. We actively participate in transformation programmes, support executive management in making informed strategic decisions and share ownership of change initiatives within our clients' organisations.